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Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman may visit Delhi in April| India News

Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman may visit Delhi in April| India News

New Delhi : Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman is expected to make a brief visit to the Indian capital next month – the first since the new Tarique Rahman government came to power in Dhaka – as the two countries take forward their efforts to normalise relations after a period of unprecedented strain, people familiar with the matter said. Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma met Rahman in Dhaka last month and extended an invitation from external affairs minister S Jaishankar to visit India Rahman, the former National Security Adviser in the interim setup led by Muhammad Yunus and a surprise inclusion in Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s cabinet, is expected to make a stopover in New Delhi on April 8 while travelling to Mauritius for the Indian Ocean Conference, the people said on condition of anonymity. Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma met Rahman in Dhaka last month and extended an invitation from external affairs minister S Jaishankar to visit India at an early date, reflecting New Delhi’s interest in revitalising ties after the strains witnessed during …

EAM Jaishankar invites Bangladesh counterpart Khalilur Rahman to visit India| India News

EAM Jaishankar invites Bangladesh counterpart Khalilur Rahman to visit India| India News

Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma met Bangladesh’s new foreign minister Khalilur Rahman in Dhaka on Sunday and extended an invitation from external affairs minister S Jaishankar to visit India at an early date, reflecting New Delhi’s efforts to rebuild bilateral ties. Indian high commissioner to Dhaka, Pranay Verma, with Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman in Dhaka on Sunday. (X) The move came less than a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to his Bangladeshi counterpart Tarique Rahman to visit India. India has signalled its intention to repair relations, which had fallen to their lowest point in decades under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. During the meeting with Khalilur Rahman, Verma expressed the Indian government’s “readiness to work closely with the new government of Bangladesh to further advance bilateral cooperation”, according to a readout from the foreign ministry in Dhaka. Verma extended Jaishankar’s invitation to Khalilur Rahman “to undertake an official visit to New Delhi at an early date”, the readout said. Khalilur Rahman “indicated Bangladesh’s intent to build a forward looking and …

Bangladesh NSA Khalilur Rahman to visit India next week amid frosty relations

Bangladesh NSA Khalilur Rahman to visit India next week amid frosty relations

Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman, a close aide of interim government head Muhammad Yunus, will visit India next week to participate in a regional security conclave, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Bangladesh interim government head Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in Bangkok in April. (AFP) Rahman, who is widely seen as one of the most influential players in the caretaker administration, will be only the second Bangladeshi leader to visit New Delhi since the fall of former premier Sheikh Hasina’s regime in August 2024. He is set to arrive in New Delhi on November 19 to participate in a meeting of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) the following day at the invitation of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the people said on condition of anonymity. A formal announcement regarding Rahman’s visit or the conclave has not yet been made. A bilateral meeting between Rahman and Doval on the margins of the security conclave is not being ruled out. Such an engagement will be an opportunity for the two sides …